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Whatβs the red Naruto swirl one?
It's a spinoff of Ubuntu called Debian
/s
Not sure if trolling or genuinely curious, but it's Debian.
Debian? But I barely know ian!
This tier list looking quite sus
I get what Canonical was going for with snaps but wow did they ever ruin Ubuntu's reputation. It used to be the clear choice for anyone who wanted a generic Linux where you don't have to configure everything yourself. Sure some people didn't like Unity but the core distro still worked well and was stable. With snaps, package management has become more complex than other distros while decreasing performance if memory limited (and who isn't nowadays). The number of times I've had something not work in the "stable" snap package is far too many, and it's pretty much always fixed by installing the same package with apt.
I get the reasoning for sandboxing applications, but they needed to wait until it was more stable to make the default. At this rate I doubt we're ever going to get a truly mainstream desktop Linux distro rivaling macos and Windows...
In my opinion, Linux Mint has filled this gap. If anyone asks its a good recommendation to ensure they don't have to jump through hoops to get a stable system out of the gate. Essentially the stability of debian and usability of Ubuntu without snap
100%. It's the goto starter distro for good reason. Ux is familiar, and it works ootb.
They've also got the LMDE, which is mint based on Debian rather than Ubuntu. Haven't tried it personally, but I've heard good things from people who are determined not to touch anything Ubuntu adjacent for whatever reason, whilst still providing an ootb environment that is stable and ux friendly.
Ubuntu is Debian based anyway, so I'd imagine parts of Ubuntu have been pulled out to bridge the gap between Debian and mint, but given mint are anti snap; that's something that definitely wouldn't be copied over to LMDE (and like you pointed out, is disabled in standard mint anyway).
I liked Unity, but Ubuntu has always been a crashy mess.
I liked unity when they were trying to do interesting changes. I especially liked the attempt at making apps work with the menu at the top of the screen instead of the top of the window (Mac OS style).
When they gave up on that, it became pointless with nothing useful to add.
Good new is that there are many different options outside of snap and Ubuntu
If you ever have a wound, I will spit in it.
OP forgot to put the legends: S - Sucks Ass A - Ass B - Barely C - Ckinda mid D - Dope F - For Real For Real
Oh so we're fighting today.
Where TempleOS?
How have I not heard of AmongOS?
100% accurate. I can tell you put a lot of research into it. Thank you for your work.
No mention of Microsoft Bob, BillindaOS11 in S tier. Obvious anti-MSBob slander, 0/10 ragebait
Where suse?
i love snaps :)
So why didn't you put them in the S tier
Gentooooooooooooooo!!1!
even on this joke list:
NixOS Erasure!
no endeavouros, no upvote
You forgot Firefox.
Why is the best in red and worst in green? I never understood this rating scheme's color choices.
It's because the meme format comes from Japan. Red is a lucky color, and S is the highest grade you can get there. It's similar to how they associate white with funerals, so brides wear red for luck instead.
idk, im used to it now. but when tierlists first got popular i thought S was the worst
Itβs not suppose to be. Typically S Tier would be considered the highest ranking, the colours are certainly throwing it off.
I see you are not serious about the list. If you were you'd have red star Linux and justin Bieber Linux up there with Hannah Montana Linux and amogOS
I give this tier list an S for not including the only distro that deserves its own tier below F:

Would be better if specifically Windows 11 and 8.1 were at top of S tier above the other versions
+Windows Me. Still the GOAT
Is today opposite day?
It's an automatic downvote for not including NixOS, despite having other niche distributions on the list (what even is the one at C tier?). Also, Windows? That is not even closely related to the Unix family of operating systems, let alone a Linux distribution.

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